Trinity collision

The Trinity Collision is a label for a logical contradiction in the belief of the following (discussed ):
# The Holy Trinity
# God is omniscient
# The Bible; more specifically passage Matthew 24:36[http://ebible.com/bible/NASB/Matthew%2024%3A36]

The Collision (a logical contradiction)
The Holy Trinity says that Jesus and God are one. Assuming God is omniscient this means that both the Father, and the Son (Jesus) are omniscient. That is to say, they know everything.

The Trinity Collision happens specifically in Matthew 24:36[http://ebible.com/bible/NASB/Matthew%2024%3A36]

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

If God is omniscient and Jesus is God, then Jesus must be omniscient. However in the quoted passage we have Jesus admitting that he doesn't know "that day and hour" referring to end of the world. That is he doesn't know something and therefore he is not omniscient. Furthermore he admits that only the Father knows this. This also collides logically with the teaching of the Holy Trinity, which says that Jesus and the Father are one. If Jesus and the Father have varying degrees of knowledge, they cannot possibly be equal. If the Father is God, and the Son does not equal the Father, then the Son cannot be God.

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